The XC thread

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chrisity Oct 2009 10:03pm, 30 Oct 2009 7,358 posts	chrisity the ground is still rock hard around here MX, take a good variety of shoes.
HappyG(rrr) Oct 2009 10:14pm, 30 Oct 2009 6,359 posts	HappyG(rrr) Lasswade Open XC on Sun. It's gonna be a mud bath - been wet here for a couple of days and mild. And that course is boggy at the best of times. Yay! :-)G
Red Tomato Oct 2009 11:11pm, 30 Oct 2009 7,204 posts	Red Tomato My new kanadias are going to get a baptism of fire on sunday by the sound of the weather reports ( actually wish I had spikes!)
BelleVueRacer♣of Beartown Oct 2009 11:52pm, 30 Oct 2009 3,559 posts	BelleVueRacer♣of Beartown Boggart (Hell) Hole Clough tomorrow for me in The South East Lancs XC Championship. Come on The Vue!
Oct 2009 1:03am, 31 Oct 2009 5,293 posts	oi
mxhornet Oct 2009 8:08am, 31 Oct 2009 22,848 posts	mxhornet I hadn't packed spikes as it isn't usually particularly wet there apart from one spot.
timda Nov 2009 12:45pm, 3 Nov 2009 14 posts	timda doing my first xc race for over 20 years on sunday, gwent league at bath uni. cant wait but slightly nervous!!
Rach E Nov 2009 2:12pm, 3 Nov 2009 4,415 posts	Rach E Good luck Timda!! I had my first league race of the year on Sunday. Haven't been 100% healthwise recently, so idea was to jog in the pack and push if I felt good. Ended up finishing second (and nearly catching first!) and felt the best I ever have after a cross country race. Come to the conclusion that cycling definitely helps hill running!
Gobi Nov 2009 2:14pm, 3 Nov 2009 31,613 posts	Gobi indeed :¬)
Half Empty Nov 2009 2:28pm, 3 Nov 2009 12 posts	Half Empty After hating XC at school and doing all I could to get out of it I ran my first race in about 20 years on Sunday. Was more fun but more tiring than I remember. Didn't help that I only had some very worn down trail shoes so spent more energy trying to stay on my feet than going forward I think.